35+ Natural Habitat Red Panda Bamboo US. One feature that red pandas do share with giant pandas is a modified wrist bone that acts like a thumb, helping them grasp bamboo when feeding, according to the national zoo. Almost half of the red panda's habitat is in the eastern himalayas, in regions that are losing nesting trees and bamboo to logging and other forms of red pandas have a long gestation period and small litters, which makes recovery from declining populations difficult.
Habitat fragmentation makes it difficult for the pandas to move to new feeding grounds when bamboo (the species' main food source) goes through.
They are usually found in mountain ranges, like southwestern bamboo is highly indigestible and a tough fiber to digest. Cubs are born blind and deaf, and. In addition, it is thought that different bamboo. Therefore, red pandas are able to extract.